The health department has provided an update on the aged care on-site pharmacist measure – still without a starting date The update was published on Monday, 18 March 2024, and …

Chemist Warehouse’s Gance brothers scoot up The Australian’s 2024 rich list The Australian’s John Shensholt has again researched and published the names of Australia’s richest 250 people – a list …

Advanced pharmacy crucial to improving health outcomes as SHPA welcomes 8CPA progress The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia has welcomed progress made toward the 8th Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA) …

Following the success of its inaugural year in 2023, MedsAware 2024: Deprescribing Action Week is kicking off today across Australia The week aims to drive conversations around discontinuing medicines that …

News of the 8CPA (with a July 2024 start) and a celebration of Australia’s top pharmacy hit the headlines this week A much-hoped-for update on the 8CPA was granted to …

Pharmacists will push for scope of practice expansion and professional programs, as the details of the 8CPA are finalised Pharmaceutical Society of Australia president Associate Professor Fei Sim says the …

We asked pharmacists what their biggest issue was for 2024: and there was a clear winner 2024 was always going to be a pivotal year in the fortunes of the …

Health minister Mark Butler says “these are exciting times for the pharmacy sector,” as he tells a packed plenary session about his hopes for the Unleashing the Scope review, and …

We travel back in time to the very first, and late-running, Community Pharmacy Agreement The AJP’s January 1991 edition outlined how the first CPA – back then, known as the …

An Australian burnout expert discusses how second victim syndrome affects pharmacists, and what they can do to manage it In Pharmacy Today, published by the American Pharmacists Association, Michael D. …

A new study has found six out of ten Australian aged care residents are taking antidepressant medication The study, by the Registry of Senior Australians (ROSA), based at South Australian …

In two years, addressing one “unspoken need” has completely turned around how a certain group of hospital pharmacists feel supported Ione Wallace and Claire Hatty, from St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne …